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Ah, Feathers the Turkey, we hardly knew ye. But for the brief time we did, you were juicy and delicious, and you looked good enough to star in a Norman Rockwell scene…and as your last contribution to our festivities, you get to be the star of the show for the ultimate use of Thanksgiving leftovers: the club sandwich. I am not a fan of repeating the Thanksgiving feast with leftovers, which is why the club sandwich is what I do […]

I don’t know about you, but lately my Facebook newsfeed is full – FULL! – of recipes. It’s maddening. It’s not just that lots of these are probably just spammers’ pages or that this new sharing trend seems out of place on Facebook (Pinterest anyone?) but most of these recipes are seriously nasty…full of boxed mixes and casseroles and crockpots. Today someone shared a recipe for Crockpot Cheeseburger Soup featuring hamburger, dried basil, and Velveeta! Who eats this stuff? I […]

This whole recipe started with a ploy to get out of eating peanut butter. Foodwise, peanut butter has always been sort of a booty-call food to me. In the world of Ali, a booty-call food is one that I eat for a purpose other than taste. Booty-call foods serve a simple purpose and unless I am seeking that purpose, I have no use for them. Peanut butter, I have found, is one of my best early-morning pre-run fuel foods… but, unless […]

I’m a grown up. I have all of the grown-up essentials: career, house, car, kids, and girls’ night out (because when you are a real grown-up, it’s not just “going out” anymore – you have to name it to get away with it). I do all the grown-up things that I knew I would: pay bills, get regular dental check-ups, clean my house (constantly), and all the rest of the never-fun-but-completely-necessary-things that grown-ups do. I assume that you know where […]